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Punjab doesn't favour migrant workers' return to native places: Sunil Jakh
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 5 (ANI): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday said the state government doesn't favour migrant workers' return to their native places as Punjab is their homeland now.
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Odisha CM directs Health Dept to increase COVID-19 testing capacity to 15,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 5 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the Health Department to take measures to increase testing capacity up to 15,000 per day.
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Railways ran 62 special trains for migrant workers, ferried 70,000 travell
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday informed that 62 special trains have been run by the Railways for migrant workers carrying around 70,000 travellers.
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Over 20 migrant workers escape quarantine centre in Katihar
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Katihar (Bihar) [India], May 5 (ANI): An estimated 22 migrant labourers, who had returned from other states and were put under the prescribed 14-day quarantine at Rishi Bhawan here, have escaped, locals said on Tuesday.
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Over 230 migrant workers test negative for COVID-19, discharged from quara
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 5 (ANI): Over 230 migrant workers were discharged from a quarantine facility in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir after their tests for COVID-19 came back negative, according to Tehsildar Shabir Malik on Tuesday.
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Nearly 1,200 migrant workers arrive in West Bengal from Rajasthan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hooghly (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): As many as 1,188 migrant labourers reached Dankuni Railway Station in West Bengal from Rajasthan on Tuesday.
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SC dismisses plea seeking compliance with order directing landlords not to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Union of India for compliance with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order dated March 29, which directed landlords not to demand rent from students and migrant labourers for a per
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Train from Andhra Pradesh carrying 1,212 migrants leaves for Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): A Shramik special train, carrying 1,212 migrant agriculture labourers stranded in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, left for Maharashtra from Rayanapadu Railway Station on the outskirts of Vijayawada in the wee hours of Tuesday.
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Two special trains carrying migrants depart from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Yadadri (Telangana)/ Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): Two special trains carrying migrants left Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for Bihar and Maharashtra respectively on Tuesday.
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Over 50,000 migrants returned to UP in last 3 days, govt made arrangements
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government has taken care of more than 50,000 migrant workers among others, who have returned to the state in the last three days during the nationwide lockdown, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday.
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8.3 lakh migrants in Punjab register to return to their states amid lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 5 (ANI): Punjab Special Chief Secretary KBS Sidhu on Tuesday said 8.30 lakh migrants have registered to head out of the state to return to their home states amid COVID-19 lockdown.
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Train with migrant workers from Gujarat reaches Muzaffarpur
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], May 5 (ANI): A special train from Gujarat carrying about 1,200 migrant workers reached Muzaffarpur on Tuesday amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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